One of the highlights is the Main Yarra Trail, which I use to ride to work regularly. There is one short section of it which is currently closed due to roadworks on the adjacent freeway, but a very well signalised detour is in place and I don't really mind the extra 500 m or so, but I'm certainly looking forward to the roadworks being finished and the bike path being open again, as I think this would cut the trip by at least 2 or 3 minutes. The signs state that the path should reopen by March 2011, and I was getting a bit impatient already when this morning I saw a piece of paper stuck on to the sign. I thought that would be some update on the state of the roadworks, possibly advising that it might take a bit longer than planned. Nothing unusual. But, well... here is the notice, please read carefully (click on the photo to enlarge).
What are these people thinking? I really don't understand which kind of logic they use. That cycle way is a true freeway for bicycles, and in peak hours you can see bikes stream to and from the city. Surely it would do more good to upgrade this bikeway so that even more people can use it, rather than closing it to make space for yet one more lane in the freeway? Where are all these cyclists going to go? Are they going to drive instead? In the new lane? So it can get full really quickly, so they need to build yet a new one and so on?
Not to mention the need to "prioritise motorist transportation projects above those of bicycle and public transport", which, what can I say, is just plain wrong, in my humble opinion. But that's what victorians apparently have voted for. Hang on? Didn't they also vote for a Green Member of Parliament? I don't understand...
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